West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-07-14
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

\ scientist declares that IL cannot vet
bc determined whether the sun grows
hotter as its spots grow fewer
The water in an old English we'll 20;
feet deep. was carefully observed last
wear. and shown 10 vary only 10 de.
grccs in temperature during the year
4 curious local auo>thctic OF the Chi
ucsc is in the form of hard, wax like tab
lets 1t seems 20 owe its bcuumbing
property 10 "a secretion from the skin of
frogs
BY careful experiments, NJ Blcch has
determined that IL takes l-12 OF a second
longer To hear a sound than 10 see sight
and l2l of second longer To- feel "a
touch than To see a sight
A Russian physicist finds that con
trry 10 general belief. the strength and
property of clongation are increased by
low temperature in iron and steel. the
force of cohesion being intensified by
contraction
\ substance resembling ivory OF
creamy whitcncss and great hardness is
made from good potatoes washed in di-
lutcd sulphurc acid. then boiled in the
same solution until they become solid
and dense They are then washed free
from the acid and slowly dried This
ivory can bc dyed and turned aud made
useful i'm many ways
A humane German chemist has hit
upon an idea which. if adopted, would
be worth "a dozen new explosives He
makes "a bullet ,o brittle that il breaks
when IL strikes, and. a powerful 0uWS-
thctC being enclosed. that renders in
stantly and completely inscnSible any
persons that may bc wounded 10y IT, The
inscnscnSibility lasts at least twelve
hours, during which time the bodies may
bc comfortably removed TO a hospital,
with a great reduction of suffering on
the battlefield Such. at least. is what
is claimed
The largest secondary battery yet con.
structcd is probably that in the base
mcnt OF thc city hall of Paris II includes
lG5 gigantic clements ten inches in di-
amctcr aud thirty-onc inches in height.
and it yields power OF 100 horses II
weighs eleven tons, and contains 911
gallons of liquid. Its purpose is To reg
ulutc thc .. 200 Edison lamps hat light
the Hall of Fctcs and the adjacent salons,
the contract requiring that the battery
shall keep up the light from twenty Il
thirty minute, i'm case of accidental stop
page of the machines. The current pro
ducing machine, for this part Of the il.
Elimination alone are three large Grammt
dynumoS and -four steam engines of 70 to-
tai power of 1870 horses.
During the Middle Ages, lcprosy. even
now the dread of the East was tn,
scourgc of all Europe, but i, now sell
dom found there except ON the west coast
of Norway, where it j. still frightfully
common. Little is known of the origin
and nature OF the disease, notwithstand.
ing the fact that il has continued 10 ar
ilict % great mass of mankind from thc
earliest times The Norwegian Govern.
mcnt, one of the most active in advanc-
ing the cause Of science. is seeking tO
promote better knowledge OF what was
once regarded as a special visitation
from God, and TO aid in so doing has dis.
patched DR. G.. A. Hansen to-not China,
but America. This investigator has had
much experience with lcpcrs and his
purpose is TO inquire into the hcredity OF
lcprosy among the scandinavian settler,
in the United States. While such q
study promises 10 hc Of great value. nr
announcement of more direct practical
importance comes from Japan. where DR.
Soto claim, TO bc actually curing the dis
ease, reporting five patients as nearly
cured, nineteen ms improving. and scv
cutrcn ag relieved